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auntieviviwa.bsky.social
Interpreter/educator/researcher, writer, bookbinder, wannabe photographer, community radio DJ, organizer, adopted by Monsieur le Chat Orange Sournois
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This isn’t the first time Republicans have tried to curb the ADA to make it “easier” for businesses to save and make more money. The ADA was signed into law in 1990 and is the key civil rights law that protects Americans with disabilities from discrimination. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Don’t forget freeze and fawn… some people are having those reactions, too.

Who wants some good news? The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...

Kinda feels like this right now

Get your Irish up!

Now more than ever, we need to combat the chaos in Washington. Join @repvalhoyle.bsky.social and ECU // LAV President @tiffanymuller.bsky.social for town halls in Florence and Springfield on Wednesday, March 19th to learn how they’re holding corrupt actors accountable. #OR04 #ORPOL

Am hearing that layoffs of staff in DOE funding offices are putting #Gallaudet, #NTID, #HKNC, and other vital organizations for Deaf/DeafBlind and other folks with disabilities at risk 😠 Small, weak, disgusting, beyond barbaric dickishness. Take to the streets 4/5/25. #HandsOff protest. #Resist.

From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were...

Europe rising up today.

“There’s gonna be a big presence in DC, but it’s not just DC — I want to see this in rural areas, in suburban areas, in urban areas, in red states, purple states, blue states. It’s going to take all of us.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5: handsoff2025.com

NEW: CISA, the federal agency responsible for the nation’s cybersecurity, officially cut funding to support state and local election offices. A CISA spokesperson told Democracy Docket the slashed program "no longer effectuates department priorities.”

Its no secret that Utah is one of my favorite places to photograph and this photo helps explain why: wide open spaces with interesting geology on display and you’re never too far from mountains. #timothykeeneyphotography #landscapephotography #photography #utahphotography #utah #sandstone #nature

Boosting the signal, FOR SCIENCE! Meeting at 900 Court Street Northeast, Salem, OR 97301 on Fri, Mar 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM #standupforscience #standupforscience2025

So great to see in a historically conservative area. Thank you, Senator #Merkley! #Oregon #Indivisible

Big turnout for Sen. Jeff Merkley's townhall in Dallas, Polk County, Oregon. #resist #salemregionindivisible #indivisible